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Operation Central Valley Blues Targets Drug Dealers Using Digital Platforms

Sacramento, Calif.— The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California; U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, San Francisco Field Division’s Sacramento District Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sacramento Field Office; Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office; Sacramento Police Department; Central...
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61-Year-Old Iowa Man Found Guilty of Distributing Meth, Heroin and Fentanyl

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A man who distributed methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl on multiple occasions in 2022 was convicted by a jury after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Anthony Harris, age 61, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of distribution of a controlled...
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Chicago Man in Possession of 16 Pounds of Meth Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison

A man who law enforcement officers found with more than 16 pounds of methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than 21 years in federal prison. Demetrius Stone, age 54, from Chicago, Illinois, received the prison term after a May 8, 2026, guilty plea to one count of possession with intent...
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Tallahassee Man Sentenced to Over 20 Years for Distribution of Methamphetamine and Cocaine

Tallahassee, Fla. – Tedrick Childs, 46, of Tallahassee, has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine and one count of distribution of methamphetamine. Childs, who was on supervised release for a 2018 federal drug conviction, was...
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DEA Assists ATF With Operation 11th Hour Which Nets 42 Defendants in Eastern Washington

MOSES LAKE, WA – Yesterday, ATF and the Moses Lake Police Department Street Crimes Unit, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other law enforcement partners, arrested six suspects and executed eight simultaneous search warrants between Moses Lake and Spokane, Washington. Floyd Young, Eutimio De Padua Contreras, Wilmer...
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Sioux City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 30 Years for Meth Convictions

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Shelton Lapointe, 36, from Sioux City, was sentenced October 6, to 360 months’ imprisonment. Lapointe was convicted by a jury on April 29, 2026, on one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and aiding and abetting...
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Career Criminal Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Meth

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Fairview, Oregon, man was sentenced to federal prison Thursday for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Matthew Moultrie, 41, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and 4 years’ supervised release. “Mr. Moultrie showed a complete disregard for the law by trafficking deadly drugs while armed, despite...
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Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Results in Prison Sentence for Drug Trafficker who Targeted Seattle's Chinatown International District

Seattle – A 54-year-old Federal Way, Washington, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that preyed, in part, on unhoused people in “The Jungle” under I-5 and Seattle’s International District. Leonardo Rojas Cruz was...
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Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison

SIOUX FALLS - A Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute, was sentenced to seven years and eight months in federal prison. The sentencing took place on September 28, 2026. Jason Pfuhl, 41, was sentenced to seven years and eight months...
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution

MOLINE, Ill., - A Markham, Illinois, man, Orlando Dampier, 47, of the 15000 block of Whipple Street was sentenced on September 16, 2026, to 15 years of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements in court, in...

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